Spurs send out meaningless message

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At another club, in another world, this would have been a statement of
defiance, a message to his superiors, a rousing declaration of intent. Five
goals, a comprehensive victory, the flickering hope of European football
next season rekindled. This is not another club, another world, though. This
is Tottenham Hotspur. So in the final reckoning, it will probably mean
nothing at all.

Whatever happens over the next five games, Tim Sherwood, the club’s head
coach, will be gone come the end of the season. It does not matter whether
Daniel Levy, the Tottenham chairman, has told the 45-year-old that his

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Kane scores Tottenham’s second in their 5-1 win over Sunderland

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Kane scores Tottenham’s second in their 5-1 win over Sunderland

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Adebayor celebrates scoring Tottenham's equaliser from close range

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